Hogan plus Vowles

AN ISLAND NATION Island Nation or EU satellite state? Last night Jeremy Paxman, on the 19th May 2016, presented an objective view of the European Union. It is clear that the EU intends becoming a federal state and that the United Kingdom would become subsumed into that bureaucratic nightmare. I give you an alternative - the open sea  and the Commonwealth. We are an island nation off Europe but not part of Europe.The Commonwealth needs us and we most certainly need them - they are the World. It is not a pipe dream, the building blocks are still there - just - and it is predicated on the following :- “The Charter brings together the values and aspirations which unite the Commonwealth - democracy, human rights and the rule of law - in a single, accessible document. The Charter expresses the commitment of member states to the development of free and democratic societies and the promotion of peace and prosperity to improve the lives of all peoples of the Commonwealth. The...

Leave the EU and save Fish & Lives. If the United Kingdom leaves the EU then it will give this nation the opportunity to save lives in the fishing industry and preserve fish stocks in the Atlantic Ocean. If the nation remains chained to this bureaucratic behemoth then there will be continued death and destruction of fisherfolk, and their communities, and an inevitable ecological disaster for fish stocks in the Atlantic Ocean and beyond. In the past decade, 94 fishermen have died at sea in the UK, 529 fishermen have suffered serious injury and 210 fishing vessels have been lost. There have been 3,326 accidents on UK fishing vessels in these last 10 years. The United Kingdom has approximately 12,000 fisherfolk and they are engaged in what is the most dangerous occupation there is other than warfare. Our membership of the EU has done nothing to correct or alleviate this continued tradegy; membership of the EU has exacerbated the situation in many ways. Sadly, while the fatal acc...